“Unfortunately, the new speaker and House Republicans decided to put political expediency over common decency,” said one critic. Speaker Mike Johnson was among the 182 Republicans and 31 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives who on Wednesday night declined to expel Congressman George Santos over his litany of lies and alleged criminal behavior he […]
Republicans in the House of Representatives Wednesday nominated Steve Scalise for speaker, a role formerly held by Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted last week. The nomination was made in a secret ballot behind closed doors where Republicans ultimately chose Scalise over House Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan. The 58-year-old Scalise won the backing of Republicans […]
“In less than a year, Kevin McCarthy has proven himself to be the weakest House Speaker in modern history,” said Rep. Bill Pascrell. For the first time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives voted to oust its own leader Tuesday after a motion by far-right Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to vacate the […]
Despite Saturday’s reprieve, Sen. John Fetterman warned that “pushing the snooze button solves nothing, because these same losers will try to pull the same shit in 45 days.” A government shutdown was averted Saturday night after the Senate voted 89 to 9 to approve a stopgap spending measure passed by the House of Representatives that afternoon. The […]